Considering today's ongoing child exploitation, this volume is timely. Here is an overview, taken from the back cover: Mike Taylor, a young college student, feels rather forlorn. How much more can he take! Mike and Bobby lost their parents several years ago when their small plane went down. Later, their grandparents-while enjoying some retirement traveling-were taken from them in a hotel fire. Now, what began as an uneventful hiking trip has taken a dreadful turn . Bobby is missing! The possibility of never seeing him again weighs heavily on Mike, and he is beside himself . until, that is, he meets up with a mysterious young woman, Audra Heyburn. Her brother, he soon learns was similarly abducted a few years earlier. Together, they find themselves daring to hope again, as they embark on what will become the deadliest adventure of their lives-trying to untangle the mystery behind these and many other abductions. What they find is one of the most horrifying conspiracies in United States history. A diabolical network has been-for many years-forcing children into slave labor, sexual slavery, or training them in subversive warfare tactics. It is imperative that this nefarious network be overthrown. Mike and Audra and their associates-including Audra's Green Beret father, Colonel Patrick Heyburn, and Matt, a rather eccentric, yea knighted, former Scotland Yard investigator-become involved in one of the most strategically coordinated rescue attempts of the century, involving a multitude of children! ♦ ◊ ♦ ◊ ♦ "Very exciting mystery thriller, filled with adventure and unexpected twists. I found myself glued to each intriguing page-truly one of the finest works of literature I have ever read. The shocking reality of modern day slavery captured my utmost attention." ~ Cherie Carlile, MD / Producer "A roller coaster ride full of thrills, spills, chills and unexpected shocking twists at every turn. Made me want to get up and slam a few bad guys on their heads!" ~ Donnie Stevens, Two-time Division II National Wrestling champion / Division I All-American "The problem of child abduction for the purposes of slave labor, prostitution/porn, or even military endeavors, dramatically becomes memorable via intensely lifelike characters. Action-packed . a moving, informative experience." ~ Gigi Stevenson, Composer / Author